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cfircoo
cfircoo

Reputation: 439

Assign all child paths in the parent directory to an array

I am trying to assign all child paths of files in a directory to an array but not assigning the directories.

I am using the following command:

 $a = Get-ChildItem -path "C:\test\" -recurse | ?{!$_.PSIsContainer } | % { Write-Host $_.FullName }

The output is printed to the console and not saved in the variable. Any idea way?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 187

Answers (2)

oɔɯǝɹ
oɔɯǝɹ

Reputation: 7625

The console output from Write-Host is only displayed, not returned.

You will need to save the value in a variable first, then you can print it:

$a = Get-ChildItem -path "C:\test\" -recurse | ?{!$_.PSIsContainer };
$a | % { Write-Host $_.FullName }

Upvotes: 0

AutomatedOrder
AutomatedOrder

Reputation: 500

The reason it is writing to the console is because you are saying Write-Host. If you use Write-Output instead, it will save to the variable. 

$a = Get-ChildItem -path "C:\test\" -recurse | ?{!$_.PSIsContainer } | % { Write-Output $_.FullName }

Or try using the "Select-Object" instead of write host.

It would look like this:

$a = Get-ChildItem -path "C:\test\" -recurse | ?{!$_.PSIsContainer } | select-object -expand FullName

Upvotes: 2

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